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Mid-engine sports auto manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Audi

This article is about the road-going sports car. For other Audi cars bearing the R8 name, encounter Listing of Audi R8 automobiles.

Motor vehicle

Audi R8
Audi R8 V10 Performance (Type 4S)
Overview
Manufacturer	Audi (Audi Sport GmbH)[one]
Product	2006–present
Trunk and chassis
Class	Sports car (S)
Trunk style	ii-door coupé 2-door convertible (spyder)
Layout	Longitudinal mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive / all-wheel-drive[2]

The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car,^{[ii] [3]} which uses Audi'southward trademark quattro permanent all-bike drive arrangement.^[2] It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006.

The car is exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's private subsidiary company manufacturing high performance automotive parts, Audi Sport GmbH (formerly quattro GmbH),^[four] and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and presently the Huracán platform.^[5] The fundamental structure of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame,^[2] and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built using space frame principles. The car is built by Audi Sport GmbH in a newly renovated mill at Audi'due south 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany.^[ii]

It is also the first production car with full-LED headlamps.^[6]

First generation (2006–2015: Type 42) [edit]

The Audi R8, based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept motorcar (designed by Frank Lamberty and Julian Hoenig) first appeared at the 2003 International Geneva Motor Show and the 2003 Frankfurt International Motor Bear witness. The R8 road machine was officially launched at the Paris Auto Bear witness on 30 September 2006. There was some confusion with the proper name, which the car shares with the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning R8 Le Mans Prototype (LMP). Initial models included the R8 four.two FSI coupé (with a V8 engine) and R8 5.2 FSI coupé (with a V10 engine). Convertible models, called the Spyder by the manufacturer, were introduced in 2008, followed by the high-functioning GT model introduced in 2011. The Motorsport variants of the R8 were also subsequently introduced from 2008 onwards. An all-electric version called the eastward-Tron started evolution but would only accomplish production stage when the 2nd generation model would be introduced.

6-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the R8 as "the best handling road car today".^{[seven] [8] [ix]}

The motorcar received a facelift in 2012 and a new model called the V10 Plus was now added to the range. Production of the Type 42 ended in Baronial 2015.^{[10] [xi] [12]}

2nd generation (2015–present: Type 4S) [edit]

The 2d generation of the R8 (model lawmaking: Type 4S) was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and is based on the Modular Sports System platform shared with the Lamborghini Huracan. The development of the Type 4S commenced in late 2013 and was completed in late 2014. Initial models included the all-electric e-Tron and the V10 five.2 FSI along with the V10 plus. Dissimilar its predecessor, there was no manual transmission bachelor and the entry-level V8 trim was also dropped.^{[thirteen] [14]} In 2016, the convertible (Spyder) variant was added to the line up which was initially available in the base V10 trim. In mid-2017, the loftier operation V10 plus Spyder was added to the range. A rear-wheel-drive model called the R8 RWS was introduced.

In 2018, the R8 received a mid-bike refresh with mechanical and exterior changes. The newer and more aggressive blueprint language carried over from famous Audi models of the past and its appearance is slightly more angular upwardly front. Some of the aerodynamic features such as the front aeroblades are shared with the Lamborghini Huracán. The refreshed model had substantial functioning improvements over its predecessor.^[15] The base of operations R8 gets a power heave from 532 hp to 562 hp, while the V10 Plus was renamed V10 Performance Quattro and the engine saw a power increment by 10 hp (7 kW), now up to 612 hp.^[16]

The Audi R8 e-tron (2015) was an all-electric version of the second-generation R8. Unlike the earlier 2010 paradigm based on the first-generation R8, it really entered production, but just on a small scale, with less than 100 units sold. It featured a 92-kWh battery.

Production, available markets and sales [edit]

To produce the R8 at Audi Sport GmbH, 70 workers fit five,000 different parts by hand. The factory at Neckarsulm, redeveloped at a price of €28 million, ordinarily produces betwixt eight and fifteen cars a solar day, up to a maximum daily output of 29 cars.^[2] Xc-five lasers inspect the unabridged motorcar in 5 seconds to ensure that over 220 measurements are within 0.one millimetres of the programmed plans.^[17]

Sales world wide (Production) [edit]

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2005–2019 (total)
Units	6[18]	164[18]	4,125[nineteen]	5,656[20]	two,101[21]	iii,485[22]	3,551[12]	2,241[12]	2,500[12]	ii,214[23]	2,074[23]	3,688[24]	3,179[24]	i,764[25]	2,121[25]	38,869

In Asia, the R8 is available in India, State of israel, Japan, Taiwan, Bahrain, Kuwait, South korea, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam, and has been available in China, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia since 2008.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Sales figures in the U.S [edit]

Twelvemonth	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2007–2017 (total)
Units	240[26]	900[26]	699[26]	799[26]	1,145[26]	802[26]	813[26]	735[26]	495[26]	736[26]	772[27]	8,136

Sales figures in Europe [edit]

Twelvemonth	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2006-2016
Units	80[28]	ii,035[28]	2,935[28]	1,656[28]	one,632[28]	one,278[28]	1,046[28]	1,021[28]	859[28]	1,108[28]	1,428[28]	15,078[28]

European statistics include sales from the following countries: Republic of austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great U.k., Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of ireland, Italia, Republic of latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.^[29]

Sales figures in Canada [edit]

Year	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	November 2017	2007–November 2017 (total)
Units	34 [30]	155 [30]	152 [30]	137 [30]	147 [30]	116 [30]	111 [xxx]	116 [30]	89 [30]	158 [xxx]	225 [xxx]	1,436

Marketing [edit]

Marvel Cinematic Universe [edit]

The R8 became the personal vehicle for Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) throughout half dozen films in the Curiosity Cinematic Universe. Type 42 models were used in the Iron Man Trilogy with a V8 in Iron Human,^[31] a V10 Spyder in Fe Human 2,^[32] and an east-tron paradigm in Iron Human being 3.^{[33] [34]} Type 4S models appeared in later Marvel Studios movies with 2016 V10 Plus models in Avengers: Age of Ultron ^[35] and Captain America: Civil War ^[36] and a Spyder model in Spider-Man: Homecoming.^[37]

See also [edit]

• Lamborghini Huracán (built on same platform)
• Audi Le Mans quattro
• Audi S and RS models
• Lamborghini Gallardo (built on aforementioned platform)

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

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